Codes and Frequencies
Description
DVADISINLAW indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if shows disrespect for her in-laws.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from universe differences, DVADISINLAW is largely comparable across samples. See country-specific comparability for more information.
Users should be attentive to wording changes across phases, particularly the removal of a prefacing sentence, noted in the "Comparability â Standard DHS" section, below.
Comparability â Standard DHS
DVADISINLAW a country-specific variable that is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is part of a series of questions about when the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife that is included in Phase IV forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.
The Phase IV and V questionnaires word the introductory question as follows: "Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations?"
The Phase VI and VII questionnaires remove the prefacing sentence, and simply ask, "In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations?"
Comparability — Bangladesh [top]
The 2007 Bangladesh survey asks whether a husband is justified in beating his wife if she "does not obey elders in the family."
Comparability — Gambia [top]
The 2013 Gambian survey ask whether wife beating is justified if the woman "argues with the husband/partner's relatives."
Comparability — Jordan [top]
The 2002 Jordan survey includes "Disrespects the parents" as a write-in response category to an open-ended question about other situations in which the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife.
Comparability — Pakistan [top]
The 2012 and 2017 Pakistan surveys ask whether a husband is justified in beating his wife if she "neglects the in-laws."
Universe
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Congo Brazzaville 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Congo Brazzaville 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Gambia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Gambia 2019: All women age 15-49.
- India 1998: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- India 2005: All women age 15-49.
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the state module.
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the state module.
- Jordan 2002: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Pakistan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49.
